Ben Whitelaw

Ben Whitelaw

Freelance journalist/media strategist. Leeds United fan. I write a newsletter on content moderation
Jan
10

Alexios Mantzarlis on Meta's 'more speech, fewer mistakes' announcement

Covering: Mark Zuckerberg's accusations of fact checking bias, Community Notes and the power of users' 'directional sense' and the decision to prioritise US vs global speech
5 min read
Jan
10

Reaction to Meta's T&S about-turn, safety tech aquisition and Discord bot builders

The week in content moderation - edition #276
7 min read
Dec
20

Regulators unveil new rules, Anthropic's 'bottom-up' safety tool and Bluesky ban reckoning

The week in content moderation - edition #275
7 min read
Dec
06

'Error rates are too high', OpenAI's red teaming research and Nighat's story

The week in content moderation - edition #274
4 min read
Nov
29

Teen social media ban passed, Bluesky beefs up mod team and detecting algospeak

The week in content moderation - edition #273
6 min read
Nov
22

The prevalence of AI-generated sexual content, Meta's new safety model & Carr appointed

The week in content moderation - edition #272
6 min read
Nov
15

Safety concerns drive X departures, new policy tracker & Oversight Board announce CEO

The week in content moderation - edition #271
6 min read
Nov
08

Online safety under Donald Trump, EU transparency rules and French TikTok lawyer

6 min read
Nov
01

Character.ai's safety due diligence, 'unprecedented' research access and OSA is one

The week in content moderation - edition #269
6 min read
Oct
25

Meta's Israel flagger under fire, the 'reluctant regulator' and Swisher on stage

The week in content moderation - edition #268
6 min read